Ulangan 20:20

20:20 However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, ¹  and you may use it to build siege works ²  against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

Ulangan 32:30

32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, ³ 

and two pursue ten thousand;

unless their Rock had delivered them up, ⁴ 

and the Lord had handed them over?

[20:20]  ¹ tn Heb “however, a tree which you know is not a tree for food you may destroy and cut down.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “[an] enclosure.” The term מָצוֹר (matsor) may refer to encircling ditches or to surrounding stagings. See R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 238.

[32:30]  ³ tn The words “man” and “of them” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[32:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “sold them” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).